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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
AgainstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
all
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
any
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
aroused
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
away
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
BIG
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
bowlders
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
box
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
buzzards
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
canyons
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
cattle
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
clear
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
cliff
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
cool
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
crawl
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
creek-bed
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
crevices
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
days
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
deep
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
dirty
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
discomfort
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
dozing
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
draws
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
DRUNK
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
earth
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
face
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
flies
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
follow
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
Four
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
gather
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
gave
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
gloriously
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
half-buried
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
Hardy
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
head
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
heat
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
Hidden
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
higher
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
horses
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
house
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
hundredth
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
hunger
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
hunting
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
kept
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
lay
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
light
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
like
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
lizards
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
mitigates
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
moped
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
motion
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
mounted
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
Only
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
other's
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
palpitated
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
panting
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
pasture
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
Peaks
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
perfunctory
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
perversity
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
ranch
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
ridges
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
rose
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
round
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
shade
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
shone
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
shoulder
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
side
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
sign
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
skulls
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
smooth
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
sparrow-hawks
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
squalid
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
standing-places
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
stretched
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
Summer
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From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
sun
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
swung
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
tail
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
tense
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
there
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
thirst
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
thrashing
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
together
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
tops
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
trim
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
up
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
watch
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From this reading Only at the ranch house where Hardy kept a perfunctory watch was there any sign of motion or life.
Water
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From this reading In the pasture at Hidden Water the horses stood head and tail together, side by side, each thrashing the flies from the other's face and dozing until hunger or thirst aroused them or perversity took them away.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Summer had come, and the long days when the lizards crawl deep into their crevices and the cattle follow the scanty shade of the box canyons or gather in standing-places where the wind draws over the ridges and mitigates the flies.
wings
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
world
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From this reading Against the cool face of the cliff the buzzards moped and stretched their dirty wings in squalid discomfort; the trim little sparrow-hawks gave over their hunting; and all the world lay tense and still.
zenith
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From this reading THE BIG DRUNK The sun rose clear for the hundredth time over the shoulder of the Four Peaks; it mounted higher, glowing with a great light, and the smooth round tops of the bowlders shone like half-buried skulls along the creek-bed; it swung gloriously up to its zenith and the earth palpitated with a panting heat.
